Nightcrawler: ?Smoke? Show

Nightcrawler: ?Smoke? Show

by | Aug 27, 2014 | Music

True, Blackberry Smoke had come on a very high recommendation from a friend of the Crawler’s friend. But who were these other hundreds of people lined up outside the Mohegan Sun Wolf Den to see an out-of-the-area band devoid of any certifiable radio hits?...
Downtown Jazz

Downtown Jazz

by | Aug 27, 2014 | Music

Jazz is sometimes dubbed a stagnant, even endangered art. Northampton doesn’t seem to have received word—its jazz scene is not only still alive, it’s expanding at an impressive clip. Head over to the Clarion Hotel most nights, and you’ll find...
CD Shorts: Erin and Her Cello

CD Shorts: Erin and Her Cello

by | Aug 27, 2014 | Music

Petits Bisous (independent)   New York City-based Erin Hall proves that a bit of attitude can be a good thing. Like early Christine Lavin, Hall features urbane, quirky, and insouciant observations of life, the city, and popular culture. Lavin is a folkie, but...
Paved Road to Paradise?

Paved Road to Paradise?

by | Aug 27, 2014 | Leisure

The Notch Road runs long and smooth, 6.5 miles from North Adams, around Mount Williams, south into Adams next to Mount Fitch, briefly into and then back out of Williamstown, past Rockwell Road—which rises from the south through Lanesboro, New Ashford and...
Cinemadope: French Twist

Cinemadope: French Twist

by | Aug 27, 2014 | Film

For my money, there are far too few artists like Michel Gondry in the world. The French filmmaker, writer, actor and musician is best known stateside as one of the driving forces behind the 2004 film Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, a darkly comic, sometimes...